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"an old offender" "the older soldiers"adjectiveskilled through long experience
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adjectivebelonging to some prior time
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"my old house was larger"adjectivejust preceding something else in time or order
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"we had a grand old time"adjectivevery good
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adjectiveof a very early stage in development
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"old tradition" "old house" "old wine" "old country" "old friendships" "old money"adjectiveof long duration; not new
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nounpast times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')type of:
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"his mother is very old" "a ripe old age" "how old are you?"adjective(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
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senior aged ageing aging ancient anile centenarian darkened doddering doddery elderly emeritus gaga gray gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary middle-aged nonagenarian octogenarian of age older oldish over-the-hill overage overaged senescent senile sexagenarian superannuated venerable white-hairedOpposite: -
"good old boy" "same old story"adjective(used for emphasis) very familiar
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good great used past early older ancient yellow familiar former sometime senior previous experienced gray worn grey sunset mature neat rusty bully aged keen cracking swell antique elderly smashing senile dandy aging stale grizzly groovy patched peachy ageing nifty auld longtime darkened secondhand gaga archaic venerable preceding antiquated erstwhile immemorial emeritus corking onetime antediluvian yellowed overage sexagenarian doddering yesteryear quondam nonagenarian hoary oldness centenarian octogenarian experient one-time bang-up not bad slap-up age-old hand-me-down long-ago long-time hand-down noncurrent nonmodern past times anile doddery gray-haired gray-headed grey-haired grey-headed hoar middle-aged of age oldish over-the-hill overaged senescent superannuated white-haired